By Shanika Gunaratna Let me start this post by saying that, as a soon-to-be-graduate and journalism student enamored with social innovation, I sat in the audience of David Bornstein's lecture with my ears open and my mind cluttered with questions and curiosities. How do you forge a career in covering social innovation? How do you help re-frame media coverage away from disaster porn to a healthy conversation about global initiatives that work, inspire and truly enact change? What is the future ...

This panel tackled a difficult question: Can you do good and be profitable at the same time? How can an organization effectively harness resources to implement a healthy balance between profit and not-for-profit models? How do you cope with the inherent tensions of social entrepreneurship, a sector driven by the tricky double or triple line of profitability, social impact and effectiveness? First, some perspective. Today’s business landscape looks fundamentally different than it did only two decades age. These days, practically all ...